Recent reports of 17 deaths in a single Thanet care home have sent a shudder through our community. People rightly ask “How could that be allowed to happen?”.
Category: General
PPE – too little too late
Thanet has a PPE crisis. Staff at QEQM are as vulnerable as they are desperate. Our nurses, midwives and health care assistants, are frustrated.
Equality and social justice must prevail
It goes without saying that the General Election result leaves Labour with a need to reflect, review and re-group.
A new hospital for Canterbury or pre-election bluster?
Boris Johnson’s announcement of a new hospital for Canterbury is highly questionable. Is it pre-election bluster? Is it a threat to the NHS in Thanet?
Children and adolescents mental health debated in Ramsgate
We had difficult but very positive meeting on children and adolescents mental health on September 27th.
Cancer needs treating with more urgency
A new report suggests nearly 1 in 4 suspected cancer patients are not starting cancer treatment in Kent when they should.
Ramsgate family living in tent
When is Thanet District Council going to take action to house this family of 8, currently living in a tent in a Ramsgate garden?
Take back the tap!
Recent Research shows the general public are largely in favour of renationalisation of
water supplies…
Margate Pride with Peter Tatchell
Labour activists and those attending this years Margate Pride had a fantastic opportunity to meet with and hear Peter Tatchell speak on Saturday 10th August…
NHS needs more than a pre-election sweetener
East Kent didn’t receive any of Boris Johnson’s NHS sweetener this week. Perhaps we’re seen as safe Tory territory?